Molinia

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Molinia

• Description

  Genus Description - Spikelets 2–4-fld, disarticulating above the glumes and between the lemmas; uppermost floret reduced or abortive; glumes subequal, shorter than the lemmas, the lower 1-veined or veinless, the upper 1–3-veined; lemmas chartaceous, rounded on the back, not scarious, obscurely 3-veined; palea about equaling the lemma; rachilla-joints elongate; densely tufted grasses with long flat blades and elongate upper internodes, bearing a slender panicle; ligule a row of hairs. 2–3, temp. Eurasia.